This was a really unusual one for me. It came in a 2 liter glass bottle with a swing top and a metal handle. It was a little pricey, but I wanted that bottle for display on the bar I had built. Reviewed from notes.

Yellow, slightly cloudy body with a 2 - 3 finger head. The haze was a little bit of a surprise.

Aroma, unfortunately, was of slightly skunky hops. That seems to be the main aroma I get from most pilseners, and at the time I tasted it I was less able to distinguish nuances.

Taste was of hops, around average bitterness, not citrusy. Didn't seem to be much of a hop profile other than the bitterness. Malt was present, but in the background.

Mouthfeel was standard for a pilsener. Not too thin, but not well carbonated or smooth.

Drinkability was unfortunately average. I was lucky in that I had a friend to split this with, otherwise I am sure it would not have all gone at one sitting. Two liters is not an unreasonable volume of liquid for me to consume over the course of a couple of hours, but this would have been overwhelming.

The aroma is is sweet with sugar, malt, and raisins. The appearance is dark gold with a small head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is way too thin. Overall it's interesting to drink so this one gets points for being a unique beer but it's still not a good beer.

I've had this in the past and enjoyed it alot, but this time the 2 bottles I bought may have been older. The label was different form the one pictured, above, and had the name in diagonal script, with "Malt Liquor" under it in bold.

Pours a murky, dark amber, with a substantial head. Smells of sweet bready malt, fairly simple. Taste is the same sweet malt, which lingers too long for my taste. Possible tea-like flavor. Body is of medium texture and gets a little tedious to swallow. A dark grainy sediment left in the glass is pretty unappealing. The one-dimensional sweetness is the deal-breaker for me though, a 12 oz. serving would be more than enough.

Bottom line, find this fresh, and it will be alot better than my experience here.

Pours a golden color with a beautiful white head. The bottle is an appealing one-pint swing-top. Despite a suspended haze of notable sediment, the brew is fairly attractive (and otherwise clear). This brew has a terrifically sweet and prominent malt aroma for a pilsner. Few hops in the smell (just a touch in the back  if you hunt for them). The taste is doughy, malty, and sweet. Theres a difficult to place fruit quality about the beer as well. It seems out of style, but is actually pretty tasty peach and apricot? The top popped with great force, but the beer doesnt seem very carbonated. This contributes to a soft, full, almost slky mouthfeel. Finishes with a touch of German hops and a lingering sweetness. Its not exactly a pilsner, but its a very enjoyable brew.

16 oz. bottle with swing-top enclosure. No freshness dating. Pours a faintly hazed pale straw color with a small, frothy white head. Some bready and musty ale-like qualities in the nose. No real discernable hops in the nose other than maybe a flickering of Hersbrucker or something. Starts with a bit of doughy sweetness, some huskiness without astringency, then a bit of wateriness mid-palate and a lightly floral finish with some clove-like suggestions. Very soft and subtle in every aspect. Easy drinking. Oddly, in the lower-left corner of the label, printed sideways on the border of the label, it simply says "ale" in 10 point capital text. I believe it's more like a Kölsch-style beer, but since it is not brewed in Köln, it cannot be called a Kölsch. Regardless of what style it falls into, it is a nice refreshing beer that is easy drinking.

Appearance- Pours a darker golden color with a adequate head and decent to light lacing.

Smell- Smells of heavy malt with maybe a honey-carmel scent in the background

Taste- Really dark malt taste. I can taste some carmel too. One of these beers that I need to experience more. I've never had a pils with this dark or roasted of malts before. A bit hoppy towards the end.

Mouthfeel- Decent carbonation and nice body.

Drinkability- Not my type of pils, but really not that bad. A new taste to me. Need to get used to heavier malts. Give it a try.

The beer after its disinterment from the 500ml brown swing-top bottle sets in the glass the archetypal German pilsner cloudless gold with a smallish frothy white head and the left over lace a thin sheet. Nose is prototypical crisp and fresh with a nice malt sweetness, start is lightly sweet with a decent grain profile and the top light to moderate in its feel. Finish is fair in its acidity; the hops apropos to the style with the aftertaste dry a drinkable, refreshing beer, and the trademark of a good pilsner

Appearance: yellow, firm white head which stuck to the sides of the glass tenaciously
Smell: nice malt/fruit profile, mellow, sweet, fragrant
Taste: interesting, like a fruity helles, which would be the best way to describe this ale, sort of the best of both worlds, low on the hops. Much like a fruity lager.
Mouthfeel: full, great carbonation level, mouthfilling
Drinkability: great, an excellent warm weather beer

First off, this Alt is really an Ale-style beer, not a lager.
It comes in a 16.9oz brown bottle with porcelain pop top.
It pours a honey gold color with a fading snow-white head and lots of sticky rings of lace.
A cut hay and dried malt aroma lasts throughout. A mild citrus smell is noticed in the background.
This is a well malted brew. Buttered biscuits, minty herbs and toffee are all quite pronounced.
Lemony citrus and a faint metallic bite provide a complimentary bitterness to the sweet malt. A mild peppery spiciness offers a pleasant finish.
Well done!

Light straw color characteristic of this style of lager, with a bit of haze and an average amount of off-white head that quickly disappears. Sweet malts nearly monopolize the nose, making it more interesting than the color suggests it will be. The same is true of the rather weight mouthfeel. Malts dominate the taste as well, though with a distinct dryness in the middles that moderates the sweetness. Very gentle in the finish. A swing-top bottle at this price made me skeptical, but this one was a little better than expected.

The beer pours a very pale gold color with a thin white lace head. The aroma is average. It boasts of pale malts and lager yeast. It seems a bit weak and grainy. The taste is average as well. It has a pale grainy flavor with a crisp, clean finish; nothing special. The mouthfeel is good. It is a low bodied beer with good carbonation. This beer drinks well for a lager, but it's one and done for me.

Swingtop bottle pours a slightly hazy, pale canary yellow that appears highly carbonated in the glass. Small head fades quickly and leaves no significant lace. Aroma is pears and malted barley, with a hint of spices. Mouthfeel is highly carbonated with a peppery bite. Taste is pretty good, with banana,pear, hay, and coriander riding on top of the sweet Munich malt backbone. Not overly sweet, and there is a yeasty mustiness also in the background. Finish and aftertaste are of citrus and coriander. Very unusual meld of flavors going on in this one, but not at all bad. I had never heard of this one, and the label provided no information other than to proclaim this a "Bavarian Specialty". Very good drinkability, and a Munich Helles that I look forward to having again.

Visually very pale, almost white. Lightly clouded, with an appropriately matching aroma that is part citrus, part potpourri and part very fresh, potent malt. A vivid white head fades quickly.

The aroma is truly standout. It smells more like a wort than a fermented beer -- supremely alive. The taste is yeasty with a flush of honey suckle nectar. A clean finish is capped by minimal aftertaste.

Opened the swing top bottle with a pop of escaping gas, but no head. A faint whiff of sulfur was noticeable for a second (sometimes present in some lagers, but I always worry about skunked beer. It turned out that the beer was fine).

Beer poured a clear straw color into a pilsner glass, with a small head that faded quickly. Nose was dominated by the Munich malts--bready and sweet. In the newly poured beer, there was interesting counterpoint with spicy-fruitlike yeast notes; the malts come to the front as the beer warms. Not much hoppyness to speak of.

Interesting complexity for a lager--fruitlike flavors combined with the ever-present sweet Munich malts. The malt overtakes as the beer warms. Very good example of the Helles style, with some complexity and dryness. Great companion to a dinner of shrimp.

Pours to a brilliantly clear goldn color with a white head. The aroma is bready, with light maltiness, oats and barley-like aromas are also present. It has a pleasing light hop aroma too. The flavor is bready, clean, with a light spicy hop flavor. It is drying in the finish. It is a nice light-bodied, easy drinking brew.